I live in Jacksonville, FL and my brother visited from NY and brought a bed bug into my house. I found one bug on October 26th to be exact after his personal bag was in my home for maybe 12 hrs. He left at the same time and we didn't experience any bites until 2 weeks ago. My son has had several itchy lump-like bites on his scalp, one on his forehead, severalon his arm and one on his leg. My daughter has also had a couple bites and now I have a few on my arms. There is no particular pattern that I've noticed, they have been randomly placed and they resemble mosquito bites. Also, they seem to disappear after a few hrs to a couple days. I am also experiencing a flea infestation right now but the bites don't look like flea bites. Is it possible to be infested with bb and not get bitten until almost 2 mos later or is this something else?

lovelybug29 - 14 hours ago »
I live in Jacksonville, FL and my brother visited from NY and brought a bed bug into my house. I found one bug on October 26th to be exact after his personal bag was in my home for maybe 12 hrs. He left at the same time and we didn't experience any bites until 2 weeks ago. My son has had several itchy lump-like bites on his scalp, one on his forehead, severalon his arm and one on his leg. My daughter has also had a couple bites and now I have a few on my arms. There is no particular pattern that I've noticed, they have been randomly placed and they resemble mosquito bites. Also, they seem to disappear after a few hrs to a couple days. I am also experiencing a flea infestation right now but the bites don't look like flea bites. Is it possible to be infested with bb and not get bitten until almost 2 mos later or is this something else?

You should leave some type of bed bug monitors out in your home to see if you capture any. Glue boards, climb up monitors, cardboard type, etc. Sometimes other insects and mites could also get into these and you could capture them, too. Does your brother actually have a bed bug problem? You could be experiencing a mixture of different bites from different insects, too.

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